Santa Says No No No to Farmed Salmon This Xmas (and every Xmas)!

Blast from the past - protest flyer from 2002 when The Salmon Farm Protest Group first launched their 'Santa Says No No No to Farmed Salmon' campaign (Bruce Sandison delivered wild Alaskan salmon to the First Minister)! @SalmonScotland @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/fciA70RPFO pic.twitter.com/Tner4TsJfH
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 24, 2021

Please join the global boycott against farmed salmon this Xmas!

Almost two decades ago, The Salmon Farm Protest Group picketed supermarkets in the UK and Ireland calling on consumers to boycott farmed salmon. Intrafish reported in October 2002:

Intrafish reported in November 2002:

Here's a flyer from one of the protests:

Intrafish reported in December 2002:

The Times reported in February 2004:

Earlier this month (15 December 2021) The Mirror reported:

"Carcinogenic levels were found to be particularly high in British salmon with the cheap farmed salmon that tends to dominate supermarket shelves potentially overall doing more harm than good for the person eating it, findings in the journal Science found" https://t.co/vIgGGHrVty
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2021

The Science Times reported (13 December 2021):

Farm-Raised Salmon Contaminated with Carcinogenic Elements, Doubling the Risk of Cancer @ScienceTimes1 "Risk analysis showed that eating farm-raised salmon regularly doubles the risk of cancer" @seafoodnorway @ScotlandSalmon @InfoMattilsynet @VKMmatogmiljo https://t.co/OD407hPlv5
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021

Intrafish reported in November 2013:

Here's photos from supermarket protests in London in 2013:

Here's a video report from Edinburgh in November 2013:

Please join the global boycott against farmed salmon this Xmas - say no no no to Scottish salmon as well as salmon farmed in Norway, Canada, Chile, Tasmania, Ireland, Iceland, Maine, the Faroes & New Zealand!https://t.co/fciA70RPFO pic.twitter.com/OKMuRr8mL8
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 24, 2021

Protests against Scottish salmon continue. Last month in Edinburgh, Ocean Rebellion protested outside the First Minister's residence in Charlotte Square.

"Salmon farming is destroying Scotland’s coastline, loch by loch, and with it the jobs of countless local people who depend for their livelihood on clean and living seas" says Roc Sandford of @oceanrebellion in today's Scotsman @TheScotsman #COP26 https://t.co/n1nBV27Cue pic.twitter.com/l1rNNXk3qp
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2021

And Ecohustler protested by stickering M&S!

Matt Mellen of @Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" @scotseafarms as sold by @marksandspencer - Warning: this product causes serious environmental damage! @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @LeroySeafood @TheGrocer @JoannaBlythman @SalmonScotland https://t.co/rKYeHPCGBn pic.twitter.com/wil3BOXhIT
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 19, 2021

Here's photos and video footage from a protest earlier this month by Ocean Rebellion outside M&S supermarket in Devon:

Ocean Rebellion protest vs M&S's "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon! @oceanrebellion @marksandspencer https://t.co/6a9F4F3dnW @Ecohustler @scotseafarms @ScotlandSalmon @LeroySeafood @rocsandford @Folketrygdfond @SalmonScotland pic.twitter.com/w7d9hUOEyT
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2021

Ecohustler explained "Why salmon should be off the menu this Christmas" on 15 December 2021:

Hi @Nigella_Lawson

The consensus is building that farmed #salmon is a really bad ethical choice.

More info here - https://t.co/wkloyKKIN1 #Christmas #Food #environment #Animals pic.twitter.com/EFeOcmde1t
— Ecohustler (@Ecohustler) December 23, 2021

The anti-farmed salmon message is going viral on TikTok:

pic.twitter.com/NCuZlal37L
— TAMP -Tasmanian Alliance for Marine Protection (@TAMP_TasMarine) December 19, 2021

Last month (19 November 2021), Scottish Salmon Watch filed complaints against supermarkets - including Sainsbury's - with Advertising and Trading Standards:

Irresponsibly Farmed Scottish Salmon - Complaints Filed Vs Supermarkets with Advertising & Trading Standards! @ASA_UK @CMAgovUK @TSScot @NTSscamsteam @wirraltsd @CEC_TS @GlasgowCC @SalmonScotland @ScotlandSalmon @Ecohustler @animal_concern @ClientEarth https://t.co/XjkuDA7WsB pic.twitter.com/d4dp6VURvU
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 22, 2021

Santa says no no no to Scottish salmon this Xmas!
Please boycott @sainsburys @asda @Morrisons @AldiUK @Tesco @waitrose @marksandspencer @LidlGB @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @CookeScotland https://t.co/fciA70RPFO pic.twitter.com/7rEC6rmtmB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 24, 2021

Please take the pledge not to buy farmed salmon - join the global boycott!

Want to end the nightmare of salmon farming? Please join the global boycott against farmed salmon! https://t.co/FpKosacuJq @pamfoundation @seashepherd_uk pic.twitter.com/4whTg61z2n
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 2, 2021

Ocean advocate Katie Tunn explains her ten reasons to boycott farmed salmon: